Productive Service Industry Research Articles

Research on the Model of the Producer Services Promoting Economic Development of Guangdong

Producer services industry is the innovation source of economic growth in the new era, which embodies the integration of manufacturing industry and service industry. Exploring the relationship between industry convergence and productive service industry efficiency will help to accelerate the pace of China's industrial upgrading. Productive service industry and manufacturing industry fusion process essence is the process of decomposition and reconstruction of value chain integration, the integration of productive service industry relationship to the basic activities of the industry value chain, and the structural convergence of manufacturing to the manufacturing industry value chain activities. Targeted to improve the efficiency of regional producer services, deepen the integration of manufacturing and service industries, and promote the industrial chain to high-end jump.

A Six Sigma DMAIC Process for Supplier Performance Evaluation using AHP and Kano's Model

The suppliers, which are one of the most important actors in the supply chain, have a significant effect on the performances of their customer firms. Hence, supplier performance evaluation has become a competitive tool in today's goods and service producing industries. This paper presents a supplier performance evaluation process developed using the Six Sigma Define – Measure – Analyse – Improve – Control (DMAIC) methodology. The proposed process has been applied in a central services company, where the suppliers had never been evaluated before. To this end, first of all, the evaluation criteria have been defined through brainstorming and meetings within the company, then weighted with Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), and categorized according to Kano's Model. Afterwards, suppliers have been scored and classified based on a proposed methodology using a modified version of Kano's model, and thus, the proposed process has proven to be useful in real life industrial applications.

Study of Interactive Development Model of Producer Services and Manufacturing Industry Based on Symbiotic Theory

Although the relationship between producer services and manufacturing industry has become the focus, the related theoretical problem has been little investigated. From the perspective of symbiosis theory, this paper analyzes the interactive development model of producer services and manufacturing, and analyzes respectively the symbiosis organization mode and symbiotic behavior mode. The two symbiosis units exist eight symbiotic modes, and the characteristics of each symbiotic mode are given. In addition, the interaction stages of production service industry and manufacturing industry are divided into 4 stages, which include the infancy stage, growth stage, maturity stage and integration stage.

Dialectics of Rational Change Management in Regional Social Systems

In the article, the attention is paid to a role of service-producing industries rendering social services, promoting human development in the modern state. Theoretical positions of scientists considering meaning of the social benefits and need of active state support of the social sphere are generalized. The condition of the Russian service-producing industries is considered, the comparative analysis of indicators of their activity with indicators of service-producing industries of other countries is carried out. In view of indicators of the efficiency ratings of national education systems, world countries on the health systems efficiency, world countries on the level of social development of 2014, the author’s conceptual approach is offered; it considers interconditionality and interdependence of level of public financing of the social sphere and dynamics of a contribution of service-producing industries to the human capital development providing a gain of gross domestic product of the country. Need of innovative changes in socio-economic systems of service-producing industries for the efficiency increase of their activity, taking into account the received results — first of all in health care is proved. Theoretical approaches to management of changes in socio-economic systems are investigated. On the basis of the conducted research, the created theoretical basis of the level increase of change management in open socioeconomic systems for the purpose of the theoretical and methodological approaches to development to change management in relation to health sector, the optimization model of management of health care organizations ranging controlled and uncontrollable changes is offered. The use possibilities of management optimization by ranging controlled and uncontrollable changes in health sector of different management levels are confirmed by the high rates of performance efficiency on micro-, meso- and macrolevel in industry on the example of implementation of national project Health and innovative organizational transformations promoting the return to work of the patients of working-age participating in development of gross domestic product across Yekaterinburg.

Study on the Business Mode Innovation of Firms in Logistics Industry: A Case Study

In the globalization era, alliance and partner-like relationship has continued to become more and more popular among academic scholars and practical managers. The service sector plays an increasingly important role in economic development. The emergence, development and mature of productive service industry reflect the deepening of modern economic industry labor division and the complication of industrial construction, as well as the dynamic features of resource flow, value flow and knowledge flow across industries. This article elaborates elements of the business model innovation though case analysis. By analyzing macro-environment and regional environment of logistics industry development, this article elaborates how logistics firms make innovation to create new business model and summarizes three typical business models “product supplier, value-added service supplier and supply chain service supplier”, which show the upgrading route of making profit from the economy scale to integrated service.

Analysis of the Current Situation of the Development of Chinese Industrial Structure

The country's economic development not only reflects the increase of the GNP, but also must be accompanied by the development of the industrial structure. Through studying the development status of Chinese industrial structure, I summarize the Chinese first industry continues to decline, but the proportion and structure deviation degree are still on the high side. The second industrial proportion is rising slowly. The proportion of the third industry is small, and the development of internal structure is not perfect etc. So I suggest that we must continue to consolidate the foundation of agriculture. Accelerate adjustment of second industry, and increase investment in scientific and technological R & D. We need to promote the productive service industry, consummate the internal structure of the third industry. The purpose is that provide basis and reference for the formulation of government policy of industry structure adjustment.

Research on the Trading Development of Productive Service Industry and Industrial Optimization in China

Productive service industry is an important part of the development of service industry in China. It is the inevitable choice to separate and develop the productive service industry from manufacturing industry in order to adjust and optimize the industrial structure. It is an excellent chance of separating and development of productive service industry isolating from manufacturing to undertake the transfer of international services development. It discussed the strategies to the separation and development of productive service industry from manufacturing industry.

Employers’ Perspectives about Employing People with Disabilities

A comparison of managerial hiring intentions and attitudes toward people with disabilities between service businesses and goods-producing industries found that service firms are more likely to recruit people with disabilities. Based on a comparison of 263 leisure and hospitality companies with 3,126 firms in other industries, service-producing industries are more likely to actively recruit workers with disabilities when compared with goods-producing companies. Customer attitudes toward people with disabilities seem to be a bigger concern among leisure and hospitality companies compared with other service-producing industries. With respect to coworker attitudes, companies in the manufacturing and transportation/warehousing industries are the most likely to report coworker attitudes as a challenge when hiring people with disabilities. Finally, leisure and hospitality companies are more likely to report that the cost of accommodations is an issue when hiring people with disabilities. At the same time, leisure and hospitality businesses are less likely than goods-producing industries to report that the nature of the work is such that it cannot be effectively performed by people with disabilities.

Efficiency Evaluation and Influencing Factors of Western China’s Producer Service Industry Based on DEA and TOBIT Models

As the continuous progress of the economy, developing produce services industry vigorously has become an important measure to promote the economic development and economic structural optimization, improve the efficiency of social operation. We first built the DEA model for the evaluation of producer services efficiency, and empirical researched the efficiency evaluation of the western producer services industry on this basis using the data from 2000 to 2011 year; then we analyzed the influencing factors by using the TOBIT model. The result shows that the producer services in western China are increasing returns to scale, and technical progress is the main force driving the development of the producer services. In addition, the technological level and government support have important impacts on the efficiency of producer services; the degree of specialization and division of labor, the economic level also play pivotal roles.

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE CIRCULATION SECTOR AND THE ECONOMY IN WUHAN, CHINA - A CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS

ABSTRACT The circulation industry comprises those firms involved in the process that moves the finished products made by the manufacturer to the final consumer via the wholesaler and the retailer. The broad definition of the circulation industry includes all trade in business flows, logistics, information flows, and capital flows. This broad definition includes wholesale and retail trade, residential housing, catering (food services), lodging, transportation and warehousing, and the postal service. The narrow definition of the circulation industry includes: wholesale and retail trade, catering, and logistics[1]. A growing dependence upon the circulation industry has improved the functioning of the Wuhan economy accenting specialization and scale of production. This has resulted in increased research interest in the development of correlations among industries. Xiangdong Liu and Jieshen Shi[2] studied the internal links and the structural equilibrium between commerce and the three industries of the national economy and found that the commerce sector has clear features of productive service in the industrialization in China and further made it clear that the commerce should be an elementary and leading sector. Fan Yang, Qian Lu and Yongfang Ai[3] have studied the correlations among the science and technology sector, the information sector and the equipment manufacturing industry in China focusing on correlative and ripple effects through input-output analysis. They find that the science and technology sector and the information sector have played a leading role in the development of the national economy and that the equipment manufacturing industry has relied the most on the input of the scientific and technological resources. They have also found that the whole level of informational construction is relatively low and that integration with the equipment manufacturing industry was lacking. Naihua Gu, Jiechang Xia[4] have analyzed the motivation of the linkage between the hi-tech and the service sector on the basis of the value-chain model and found that their linkage can extend and increase the value chain of the service sector and raise the level of social productivity and benefits. Weiyang Yu, Weixin Qi[5] have made a study of the relevancy among the industries of the national economy in Qinhuangdao by using the principle of BP Neutral Networking and found that the construction sector has greatly affected the industrial system and that the service sector has become more dependent on the other industries. Yi Cao, Yuming Shen and Ling Qiu[6] adopt input-output methodology to analyze the correlation between the productive service sector and the manufacturing industry in Tianjin. They concluded that both the productive service sector and the manufacturing industry drop and that the productive service sector predominately served the tertiary industry sector. Huijuan Li[7] studied the internal structure of the tertiary sector in China and found that the direct consumption coefficients of its component to the traditional commercial catering and the traffic and postal service were rather high. The direct consumption coefficients were also found to be very low for the emerging finance and insurance service. Li also found that the influence and the induction coefficients of the traditional catering and the public residential service were high, but those of the finance and the insurance sectors were relatively small. Shuhan Liu, Rui Zhang and Lixia Liu[8] have analyzed the correlation between the productive service sector and the manufacturing industry in China and found that the intermediate demand structure of the manufacturing industry to the productive service and the structure of the intermediate input of the productive service industry to the manufacturing industry have continued to be upgraded. The pull effect of the productive service sector to the manufacturing industry is stronger than the push of the former to the latter. Jing Cao[9] has done research on the correlation between the circulation sector and the national economy in China concluding that synthetic correlative relationships exist among them, with the linkage of the wholesale and retail sector to the circulation sector being the strongest while that of the primary industry to it is the weakest. Zhimin Dai[10] has confirmed the mode of the technology transfer among the regional industries by analyzing the relevance. All the studies above have paid close attention to the relevance between the circulation industry and the rest of the economy concluding that close links have existed. These results have provided the necessary theoretical support for this paper.

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Indian banking system consists of schedule commercial banks and cooperative banks, of which the Schedule Commercial Banks (SCBs) account for around 95 percent of banking system assets. SCBs are grouped into: 1) public sector banks comprising the State Bank of India and its associates, and nationalized banks, 2) private sector banks comprising old and new private sector banks, 3) regional rural banks and 4) foreign banks. The banking system in India underwent a metamorphic change with the introduction of the first phase of reform in 1991. The objective of the early phase of the reform was to create an efficient, productive and profitable financial service industry operating within the environment of operating flexibility and functional autonomy. The second phase of financial sector reforms in 1998 focused on the strengthening of the financial system and introduction of structural improvements with an aim to align Indian banking standards with the internationally recognized best practices.

Research on Innovation Performance Evaluation Index System of the Productive Service Industry Cluster Based on the Process of Network Innovation

In this paper, from the perspective of network innovative process, we comes up with the basic assumption, that is, the network innovation can promote absorptive capacity of industrial clusters products so as to improve the innovation performance of the enterprises in cluster. On the basis of this, this paper adopts correlation analysis method to verify the influence extent of productive service industry cluster innovation network on innovation performance. Therefore, we find critical influencing factors of network nodes and set up the innovation performance evaluation index system of productive service industry cluster.

Research on Innovative Performance Model of the Productive Service Industry Cluster Based on the Process of Network Innovation

In this paper, from the perspective of network innovative process, we come up with the index system about the innovative performance evaluation of the productive service industry cluster and the basic assumption of this article based on the literature review. On this basis, we build a model to evaluate the innovative performance of the productive service industry cluster, thoroughly elaborate the process of network innovation Within the cluster and the mediating effect of absorptive capacity between process of network innovation and the innovative performance of the productive service industry cluster, therefore, through the normative research about the relationship between the process of network innovation and innovative performance of the enterprises within the cluster, we can effectively evaluate the innovative performance of the productive service industry cluster of China, and also promote the sustainable development of the cluster.

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The manufacturing sector has been a decisive force in promoting economic development in China. According to the number of workers, net fixed assets and other economic data in China during 2000 to 2007, using data envelopment analysis (DEA) we can build a single-figure index reflecting the comprehensive manufacturing competitiveness of all regions. Based on those index and extension data of producer services, panel data are available and a model can be set up. After empirical analysis, the conclusion is as follows: the development of producer services in China is conducive to the promotion of manufacturing competitiveness, and one percent rise of the development of producer services can promote 2.6% of manufacturing efficiency. Along with these findings, we can put forward some suggestions for green producer services including improving the external environment, strengthening the cluster effect, promoting independent innovation, enhancing the level of opening up of producer service industry and so on. Key words: Producer services; manufacturing competitiveness; data envelopment analysis; panel data.

On the Modern Service Industry to Separat from the Manufacturing Industry in Hebei Province

On the whole, the road that the modern service industry of Hebei province from manufacturing stripping is still not clear, many obstacles still exist, especially prominent in the performance of enterprises, mainly the following three aspects: Manufacturing companies are reluctant to divest its productive service industry. The manufacturing industry production service industry does not have the ability to peel. The concept that cannot be stripped is still outstanding. The separated mode of the producer services of the Hebei manufacturing industry is that: step-by-step separating, step-by-step integration, o the enterprise production service outsourcing as the starting point, come true vigorously construction of Hebei province service outsourcing base.

The Characteristics of the Elite Activities Space in the Information Society: A Case Study on the Yangtze River Delta

In the information society, people grasp the flow of the initiative will redefine the traditional elite constitute, because its expression is the space organization of the management elites, which are leading and depending on the flows. As an objective existence which should not be denied, elite space formats the unique spatial characteristics in the information society,and on the future it will have a significant impact on the development of the city. They manipulate the direction of capabilities of the flow and the junction of the future space. Elites activities space are mainly relying on the advanced production service industry, so the spatial distribution of the advanced production service industrial park reflects the elite activities spacial network, through the study of the spatial distribution of the advanced production service industrial park in Yangtze River Delta, further analysis the characteristics of elite activity spacial network.We do the research of the spatial relationship between the elite space and city, country and global city, and then elicit that the elite space rely on information technology have the flow characteristics of independence, fragment, and never lost. The analysis also draws a conclusion that as soon as the elite space arose the social class differentiation, it force the dual city come into being.

An empirical study on Chinese city network pattern based on producer services

Globalization and informatization have accelerated city networking process over the world, which makes research on city network a hot topic in the fields of urban geography and economic geography. With Chinese economic structure adjustment and city economic growth, producer services have begun to play an increasingly important role in city-region networking. This paper employs the methodology of world city network to analyze and explain the spatial development characteristics of China’s urban network system based on the data of nationwide producer services enterprise network. The research result indicated that the distribution of producer services network has a positive effect on the development of Chinese city networks. City network connectivity is closely related to the significance of city in producer services development, and the former will gradually decline with the drop of the latter. Accordingly, the 64 cities can be divided into the national central cities, regional central cities, sub-regional central cities and local central cities in accordance with their position and role in the nationwide producer services network. It is concluded that high-grade cities with quality producer services dominate the pattern of Chinese city networks and there emerges three spatial agglomerations of producer services enterprises in Changjiang (Yangtze) River Delta, Zhujiang (Pearl) River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Economical Region. Moreover, the distribution of different producer services industry varies from city to city, which also affects the characteristics of network development.

Spatial Development of Producer Services in the Chinese Urban System

The Chinese economy has transformed from the development of industries in the early economic reform period of the 1980s to the development of service industries in the 2000s and, more recently, the emergence of producer service industries. Producer services have become increasingly important to the Chinese economy. Most studies on producer services in China mainly focus on individual cities. Spatial development of producer services at the regional and national levels is relatively less examined. In this paper we analyze the growth and location of producer services in the Chinese urban system. The study also shows that producer services are becoming spatially more concentrated across the urban system. As producer services that are important in generating economic development are more likely to be located in large metropolitan areas, they tend to reinforce the competitiveness of large cities. Moreover, the uneven spatial development of producer services suggests that small and medium cities need to conduct careful market studies and analyses on their ability to attract producer service industries before they initiate large central business district development projects and invest in massive construction of offices.

Advanced producer services industries in Hong Kong and Shenzhen: Struggles towards integration 走向艰难整合的香港－深圳现代服务业

AbstractThe path towards a closer integration in Advanced Producer Services (APS) industries between Hong Kong and Shenzhen has been difficult despite favorable locational factors. Based on the authors' long‐term and extensive working experience in the APS sectors in the Pearl River Delta, combined with in‐depth interviews with senior officers of companies who are APS providers in Hong Kong in 2009, this paper will examine the factors, both tangible and intangible as in institutional and non‐institutional, regulatory and non‐regulatory, as well as legal, governmental, social and cultural, which affect and resist APS integration between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. The findings suggest that the integration of APS between Hong Kong and Shenzhen has been greatly impeded by unfavourable institutional factors that have overwhelmed locational advantages. There are substantial inhibitions against free competition in the China marketplace including non‐regulatory and intangible inhibitions, embodied by local protectionism, heavy reliance on guanxi, rampant insider games and nepotism, excessive bureaucracy, an inadequate legal system, pervasive rent seeking and so forth that block integration between the two cities. The paper will also examine the Qianhai Free Trade Service Zone, the ambitious initiative made by the Shenzhen government to promote APS cooperation between the two areas.摘要提升香港、深圳两地现代服务业（高端生产性服务业）的融合，受两地政府、学者、及商业团体热烈支持。两地地域的接近，经济互补性，及人民的紧密联系，都鼓励经济融合。然而地域优势不能令所有经济活动相同受益，而两地边界对不同人及行业的阻碍，分别很大。根据作者在珠三角的工作经验及在二零零九年在香港对业内资深行政人员所作的访问，此论文探讨影响两地高端服务业融合的各方面因素，包括制度、惯例、法规、法制、政府管治、社会及文化等。调查指出内地不利的制度及惯例因素全面压倒地域的优势，严重阻碍市场竞争及两地高端服务业的融合，特别是非监管和无形的限制，地方保护主义，严重依赖关系，猖獗的内幕交易和裙带关系，过度的官僚主义，缺乏适当的法律制度及明晰的监管规章，选择性执法的法律，缺乏非市场机制，普遍的利润垄断等，完全阻隔两地经济结合，其不利影响，极之深邃。本文还对深圳政府在前海设立自由贸易服务区以推动两地高端服务业的合作，作出探讨。

THE ROLE OF SECTORAL SHIFTS IN THE DECLINE OF REAL GDP VOLATILITY

U.S. production has shifted from goods-producing to service-producing industries. We assess whether this shift contributed to the decline in U.S. output volatility over the period 1949–2005 and provide an estimate of its relative importance. Growth rates of GDP by industry are analyzed in a seemingly unrelated multivariate autoregression framework with time-varying innovation covariance matrices. These changing unobserved covariance matrices are modeled as a Wishart autoregressive process of order one, which results in a nonlinear state-space system. The particle filter is used to obtain estimates of the innovation covariance matrix at each point in time. Several counterfactual experiments make it possible to apportion the decline in output volatility between the shift in the sectoral composition and changes in innovations. Our main finding is that the shift into the service sector can explain about 30% of the decline in GDP's volatility, despite the fact that some sectors became even more volatile. This result is robust across a wide variety of alternative specifications.